In Thinking About Gender Differences in Terms of Power and Hegemony

question 21

Multiple Choice

In thinking about gender differences in terms of power and hegemony, the reason for women's developing interpersonal skills and adopting more communal orientations than men is because

• A) Women feel more comfortable than men in groups
• B) Developing interpersonal skills helps women exert what little power they do have in order to survive in patriarchal society
• C) Women are genetically predisposed to having better interpersonal skills, enabling them to work more effectively in groups than men
• D) Men are not as agentic as women, therefore women are better at communal tasks

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